Support Worker

Cartrefi Cymru Co-operative; Tonypandy; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading support provider in Wales as a Support Worker. You will empower individuals with learning disabilities, helping them to make choices about their daily lives. No prior experience is necessary as full training is provided. This rewarding role offers competitive pay and significant training opportunities.

Benefits

25 days annual leave, rising to 30 after 5 years

Access to Employee Assistance Programme

Online shopping discounts

Training and development opportunities

Long term service awards

Qualifications

• No experience is required; full training provided.
• Good written skills for recording events with empathy.
• Driver essential; full UK driving licence needed.

Responsibilities

• Support individuals in making choices about their daily lives.
• Empower people by assisting with social and practical responsibilities.
• Help individuals engage in activities that enhance their well-being.

Skills

Patience

Empathy

Communication

Teamwork

Job description

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Cartrefi Cymru Co-operative provided pay range

This range is provided by Cartrefi Cymru Co-operative. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

Here at Cartrefi Cymru, we’re a Cooperative, which means putting people at the heart of our decision making and support. Our colleagues, the people we support, and members of our community contribute to how we build community as one of Wales largest support providers.

With a new opportunity to join us as an Support Worker you can play a part in this.

We are dedicated to supporting those with learning disabilities to live a fulfilled and enriched life in the community. We want to work with the best people with the best skills and who demonstrates our values and are committed to making everyday remarkable.

Location: RCT

Hours: Contracts ranging from 10 hours to 40 hours are available

Salary: £12.74 per hour and our sleep-in shifts at £60 per night and our travel expenses is paid 45p per mile

Contract: Permanent

Interviews: We are looking to interview as soon as possible so would encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity

What you’ll be doing:

In this role, you’ll support individuals in making their own choices — whether it’s everyday decisions like what to wear, eat, or do, or something bigger such as where to live, how to manage their finances, or where to go on holiday.

As a trusted Support Worker, you'll empower people to follow through on these choices, including taking part in structured activities that build confidence and develop new skills. You’ll also offer practical support to help them meet responsibilities like paying bills, maintaining their homes, being good neighbours, and staying connected with friends and family.

Your goal is to make everyday remarkable through enhancing well-being and focusing on the small, meaningful moments that bring joy and purpose. By offering this kind of person-centred support every day, this truly is a fun and rewarding role for the right person.

Who we are looking for:

No experience is required as full is training provided. We’d love to hear from you if you:

• have patience and empathy
• can support a person with their intimate personal care with respect and dignity
• have strong communication and teamwork skills
• are able to speak on behalf of others as well as to a range of professional people
• have good written skills and the ability to record events with empathy and meaning.
  
  

This role is driver essential - you will need a full UK driving licence.

It’s not just what you do, it’s how you do it — we’re looking for someone who can believe and demonstrate our values every day.

Our Rewards

• Excellent training and development opportunities to achieve qualifications
• 25 days annual leave rising to 30 days after 5 years’ service with the option to buy and sell leave
• Benevolent Fund, confidential financial wellbeing resource available to our colleagues
• Long term service awards
• Access to online shopping discounts and benefits platform
• 24 hour access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Eligibility for Blue Light discount card
• And much much more…..
  
  

Our Mission

To build a better future by focusing on people with learning disabilities and their families. We strive to be a great support provider for the individuals and families that we support, our employees, our partners and funders, and the communities in which we work.

Our Values

We’ve made a promise to the people we support, setting out our commitments to them and how they can expect to be supported, our values include:

Honesty

Trust

Kindness

Respect

Wellbeing

Please note we reserve the right to close this advert early so we would encourage you to apply early for this position.

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